Quiet Wedding

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Happy Wedding

Today I want to share a card I made for my sisters-in-law.  My husband's sister and long time partner married in August.  It was a small intimate gathering of some family and friends.  We were not at the ceremony however I wanted to convey our love and congratulations with a beautiful handmade card.

The card is monochromatic in Very Vanilla with a touch of gold.  I absolutely love the result.  

The texture was created with a retired Pretty Print Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I don't like to show you retired items unless I have an alternative to offer you.  I think the Fancy Fan Textured Embossing Folder would be a nice substitute.

The flower was created using the the Daydreams Medallion Stamp Set and cut out with the Floral Frames Collection Framelits.  I stamped the image on Very Vanilla card stock with Versamark and then heat embossed Clear Embossing Powder.  It added a subtle texture and shimmer.  The rosette is from retired ribbon.  The gold accent is Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon, simply beautiful ribbon.

Wedding II

And here is a picture of the inside sentiment from the Big News Stamp Set that was heat embossed with Gold Emboss Powder.  And I added the hearts on the outside of the envelope.

Wedding inside

Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions, just email me!

Michelle

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Halloween and Harvest Blog Hop

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Blog hop logo

Welcome to the October Pals Blog Hop where we are celebrating an early Halloween and Harvest season. This month we are sharing Halloween and fall projects using our wonderful Stampin’ Up! supplies.

You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from #7 Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations.

Blog hop

My project is clean and simple.  The base is Soft Suede. I cut 3/4" of an inch off the front of the card and then placed another strip of DSP from the Color Me Autumn DSP collection on the inside of the card so it shows through to the front.  A fun and different twist.

Flat blog hop pic

The acorns were created by cutting out four acorns from the Autumn Accents Bigz die (2 in Early Espresso and two in Soft Suede) and then cutting the top of the Early Espresso acorns and adhering to the Soft Suede.  The Mossy Meadow ribbon is the finishing touch.  

I love the simple classic result.  

The next stop is #9 Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations on the Pals Blog Hop! Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you next month.

Michelle

( You can see all the supplies used below the hop lineup. )

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  1. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
  2. Becky Gifford at The Social Stamper
  3. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
  4. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
  5. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
  6. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery
  7. Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice
  8. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
  9. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
  10. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
  11. Amanda Merrill at Inkflair
  12. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
  13. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
  14. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
  15. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
  16. Liz Gautreaux at Kind Deeds Stampin
  17. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
  18. Natalie Bradley at Natalie Bradley Events
  19. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
  20. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
  21. Amy Whelan at Amys Inklings
  22. Jane Knudsen at www.seejanestamp.com
  23. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
  24. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
  25. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts By Patti
  26. Amy Hoptay at Inking of You!
  27. Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains
  28. September Gray at septembergray.com
  29. Sherrie Gross at Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sherrie
  30. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
  31. Angie Valle-Peters at Paperluxuries
  32. Rae Harper-Burnet at WildWestPaperArts.com

 Stampin' Up Supplies Used:  Please click on images below for more details or easy, on-line shopping 24/7!

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Deepest Sympathy

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Deepest sympathy 

Our community lost a philanthropic leader a week ago.  He was a doctor and his wife a nurse.  When they "retired" they created the Neighborhood Health Clinic to treat the working poor in our community.  The medical staff donates their time to serve the patients.  It is a wonderful ongoing non-profit organization and I have had the opportunity to work with his wife on other community boards and projects.  I created this card for her.

While a card never takes away the pain of a loved one, the outpouring of love from family and friends reminds us of a life well lived.  We are here to make good things happen for other people and Bill and Nancy have been a shinning example.  

We have another cool and wonderful morning here in Southwest Florida.  My day is starting early as always and I am ready to head out to make good things happen for other people. 

Michelle

P.S.  The sentiment stamp is from Verve Stamps and it is called Deepest Sympathy.  I loved the font and had to have it.

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Happy World Card Making Day

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You may not know but today is World Card Making Day.  I am celebrating this event with other Stampin' Up demonstrators in Atlanta GA.  

When demonstrators gather we often have card swaps.  This is where we make multiple copies of the same card to exchange with the other demonstrators.  I did this for the first time when I attended my first Stampin' Up convention in July 2013.  I fretted over the design of my card knowing I was swapping with some of my favorite demonstrators whose blogs I follow every day.  It was so gratifying as I handed each demonstrator my card and they woo'd and ahh'd.  And of course I was over the top impressed with all the cards I received as well.

So today at our gathering in Atlanta we will begin with a card swap.  I want to share that card with you.

Card swap

While this card looks simple it was a lot of work to make 45 of them!  The card base is cut from the Label Thinlit die however I extended the right side of the paper so that it was 8 1/2" long and allowed for an extra 2 1/2" to fold back and provide space to write.  You can see this demonstrated on my blog post here.

The wood look was created by stamping the Hardwood Background stamp in Early Espresso on the Early Espresso base that had already been cut.  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure the wood-grain was straight and provided a consistent look.  This was a two-step process to stamp the left side then the right side.  I folded a post it note and covered the "label" cut out area so it would not get stamped.

Then I created the labels by stamping the leaf from the For All Things stamp set in Crushed Curry followed by stamping the sentiment from Mingle All the Way in Cajun Craze. I love how this turned out.  Then another run through the Big Shot to get the label cut perfectly to fit the cut out frame of the card.

The embellishment in the lower right corner is a piece from Autumn Wooden Elements and tied with Metallic Gold Baker's Twine.  These were anchored with Glue Dots.

I did add a Very Vanilla panel on the inside far right panel to write a note to the recipient.  

So I hope you find time to create a card for someone special today.  

Card swap II

And Happy World Card Making Day!

Michelle

 

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